[3.17] LL ❄️ CoC Ice Nova Occultist ❄️
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____________________________________________________________________________________________ This is not a guide for new players, and this isn't a league starter build. There are plenty of guides that already exist like Qosmoz's @ https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2971773 and Juju's https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3056215 that explain starting gear and explain breakpoints. I highly recommend checking those out to get started. I do not plan to update this for 3.18. I just wanted to share this because CoC is such a fun build, and I don't see any in the Witch land. Most are in Shadow's (like Qosmoz's, which is getting some audience right now) I'm leaving all the previous league stuff behind and focusing only on this league, Archnemesis. Nothing from the new league mechanic will benefit this build, though. Background ____________________________________________________________________________________________ In 3.16, I played a defensive one with Assassin: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3211730. Some of those items are no longer obtainable, so I'm going to focus on this league's items. I moved those items to an Occy and made it without Determination. https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/iisanoob/characters/Scourge_TheMavensWrit. It felt pretty nice. This league, I league started a Seicmic Trap Sabateur. My next char was PConc Occy. Next, I created a LL CoC Assassin and respecced a PConc Occy I had leveled to this character. I love playing CoC Ice Nova because all the items are generally pretty cheap after a week into the league, especially since you can run this build mostly with Uniques. It's not a fast build, but it's not a complicated build to play, and shatters are pretty satisfying. Gameplay / Videos ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Later - Killed Sirus and Maven deathless with this build. Shaper at 40% Chill / 17% Shock / 5% Brittle (thanks to boots)  3.17 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Not too much has changed in 3.17, except the nerfs in Cospris from .15 to .25 cooldown. Frozen Trail got removed from the game, so the free extra projectiles don't exist. I'm still not sure if I should be using an Ice Nova or a LMP in my Cospris.. Lastly, no more Assassin's Mark on ring, so you either have to self-cast it or link with the Mark on Hit gem. , but it's hard to find two extra slots here. At 94:  Bandits ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Killed all for 2 extra points. Alira if you can sacrifice the 2 points. Pantheon ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I use Soul of Lunaris + Soul of Ralakesh for bleed help. Items ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Items I used getting to around 90 (from 68): PoB: https://pastebin.com/g9ebiPbd Buy a 6 sockets shavs and 5 link it with Harvest to start. Mostly uniques, and they should be cheap. My current setup is slightly different with more investment: Jewels Using a large cluster and two medium clusters as well. Unnatural Instinct was a later ugprade. Don't go down to Scion unless you're using Unnatural Instinct. PoB: https://pastebin.com/s9XUcDNx Important things to note: 6L was my big first upgrade - 6 ex or so. Upgraded to Awakened CoC, which is pretty cheap this league at around 3 ex. I am not using Sin Trek and I'm instead using a new implicit mod from Search Exarch for Brittle (+5% crit, which is added in the PoB). This makes it insanely easy to crit cap, which is why I removed Increased Critical Strikes Support and replaced it with Increased Critical Damage Support. How to craft boots:
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Buy base sorcerer boots with implicit. Use Essence of Sorrow for Dex (or use whatever you want). Then when you're satisfied with suffixes, make sure you have a lesser Eater of Worlds implicit, then use a Eldritch Chaos Orb to reroll prefixes. Make sure you craft or add a prefix to fill them out. (Or Eldritch Exalts). I heard if you have 3 prefixes, it will always reroll 3 new prefixes. You're looking for high ES. Finish by crafting movement speed.
I'm also using Forbidden Flesh/Flame with Shaper of Winter, just because it was the cheapest Witch one that wasn't minion-based. If you have money, you can use any ascendency you wish. I am getting 40% Chill and 17% shock (Skitterbots) on most bosses. You do not need Essence Sap if you're using Auxium. Craft Accuracy or anything else you want. The Searching Exarch implicit for Freezes you inflict spread.. is a great replacement to Blast Freeze on the cluster jewels. Gems ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Grouped by links: Cospris Frost Bomb Frostbolt Optional: Phantasmal Power Charge on Crit Body (in order of importance:) Cyclone (Awakened) Cast On Critical Strike Support Ice Nova Optional: Anomalous Increased Critical Strikes Support Inspiration Support Optional: Divergent (Awakened) Added Cold Damage Support Start with normal CoC. I was able to get through T16 maps comfortably with a 5L Shavs and the above gems. No Awakened and no added cold damage. Prism Guardian Vaal Grace Hatred Zealotry Any Frostbite Elemental Weakness Hextouch Support Vortex Any Immortal Call (lvl 3) Cast when Damage Taken Support (lvl 1) Any Bonechill Support Summon Skitterbots Any Vaal Molten Shell Any Defiance Banner Any Precision Any Herald of Ice Any Vaal Discipline Any Flame Dash (Or Frost Blink) (Notice, no Enlightens are required) Masteries ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Explanations: +1 to Energy Shield per 8 Evasion on Boots - Sin Treks add so much ES with this mastery. - If you aren't using Sin Treks, don't get this mastery. "30% ER while you have ES" gives 2-3% evade chance. +25% to Critical Strike Multiplier against Unique Enemies - DPS boost against bosses 30% increased Life Reservation Efficiency of Skills - Allows us to reserve 3x 50% in Prism Guardian 8% increased Damage for each of your Aura or Herald Skills affecting you - Huge DPS boost. We're stacking auras! Optionally replace that with: Auras from your Skills have 15% increased Effect on you - Boosts all 8 of your auras. That's damage, defenses, and ES. Cannot be Shocked while at maximum Power Charges - Shock Immunity. If you don't want this, you can do 3% per charge for 21% increased damage. Gain 3% of Maximum Mana as Extra Maximum Energy Shield - Extra ES bump.. completely optional. Discipline has 25% increased Mana Reservation Efficiency - Required to fit Defiance Banner in your mana reservation Things I Want To Try ____________________________________________________________________________________________ You can replace Elemental Weakness with Bonechill, so your Vortex gets it linked, and then replace the Skitterbot's Bonechill support with Assassin's Mark if you want to cast it manually. I crafted Aspect of the Spider on the belt and took 15% mana reservation to make it work. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Which map mods should you avoid? Reflect Elemental / Cannot Leech / Cannot Regen Some curses are annoying, but they're all doable. This is my query to filter maps: "of ele|less recovery|nnot reg|normal|leech|aura" Less recovery can be really unsafe. Less effect of auras (new in 3.17) really sucks, since you heavily rely on auras to boost damage and defenses. Can this do Uber Content? Haven't tried this in 3.17 How do you sustain mana? If you're using Auxium, that should sustain mana. Otherwise, Essence Sap anoint or allocate Clever Thief if you're close to there. (Right side of the tree) Last edited by iisanoob on Feb 19, 2022, 11:36:45 AM Last bumped on Apr 3, 2022, 12:36:38 AM
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Thank you for this build!
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Can we see video demonstration how it handles mapping and boss T16?
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" Just Shaper https://youtu.be/RHe-X5q3TO0 | |
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Nice build, but I'm not gonna use it, instead I will steal your setup for my build
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" Nothing wrong with that! I'm just here to share info. This is 100% not "my" build. | |
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Thanks, did help me improve my build by alot, from like 4k ES -> 6k and over 2x damage.
But im using Ice Spear(armour) and Freezing pulse+ Frost Bomb(Cospri's) you should try it out. |
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hey i seem to just be getting 1 shot even with 8k es did i do something wrong?
heres my POB: https://pastebin.com/kPK9mGvY idk if i need to get more resistance but i get most of it from the flask |
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" You definitely need capped res. I think that's the main thing I see from your defenses. | |
" Any idea what items i could get res from that wouldnt brick the build? |
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